The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... effect , he erected a battery of heavy ordnance on the hill of the Pnyx , and placing two mortars near the Latin convent at the western foot of the Acropolis , bombarded it for several days . The fire of the cannon was chiefly directed ...
... effect , he erected a battery of heavy ordnance on the hill of the Pnyx , and placing two mortars near the Latin convent at the western foot of the Acropolis , bombarded it for several days . The fire of the cannon was chiefly directed ...
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... effects of the tremendous pressure ( 1 ton per square inch for every 800 fathoms of depth ) to which deep - sea ... effect in reducing the bottom - temperature ; and that the cause of the excess of temperature in the mass of water ...
... effects of the tremendous pressure ( 1 ton per square inch for every 800 fathoms of depth ) to which deep - sea ... effect in reducing the bottom - temperature ; and that the cause of the excess of temperature in the mass of water ...
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... effect on the temperature of the Faroes and the coast of Norway , unless ( as supposed by Dr Petermann and Professor Wyville Thomson ) its thickness undergoes an increase from less than 100 fathoms to 600. But since the course of Dr ...
... effect on the temperature of the Faroes and the coast of Norway , unless ( as supposed by Dr Petermann and Professor Wyville Thomson ) its thickness undergoes an increase from less than 100 fathoms to 600. But since the course of Dr ...
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... effects of both solar and terrestrial radiation are much less felt on the surface of the earth - the vapour screen ... effect being in the case of clear water appreciably felt at a depth of from 500 to 600 feet . Since the heat daily ...
... effects of both solar and terrestrial radiation are much less felt on the surface of the earth - the vapour screen ... effect being in the case of clear water appreciably felt at a depth of from 500 to 600 feet . Since the heat daily ...
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... effect of direct action between the molecules becomes apparent . The effect of the direct action of the molecules on each other depends on the number of pairs of molecules which at a given instant are near enough to act on one another ...
... effect of direct action between the molecules becomes apparent . The effect of the direct action of the molecules on each other depends on the number of pairs of molecules which at a given instant are near enough to act on one another ...
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